WEEK #3 - FEB. 18, 2020 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Michigan Athletic Communications Leah Howard Softball Contact 734.358.3651 phone 2020 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 21 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 42 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MICHIGAN RETURN TO CAROLINAS FOR FOUR-GAME GAMECOCK INVITE 9-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 3-0 | N: 6-0 | 0-0 B1G FEBRUARY NO. 8/6 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES USF-RAWLINGS INVITATIONAL at Gamecock Invitational 7 ................. vs. Georgia State ............................................W, 6-1 7 ................. vs. Illinois State ...............................................W, 5-4 Columbia, S.C. | Feb. 21-23 8 ................. vs. (7) Florida ..................................W, 11-2 (6 inn.) Carolina Softball Stadium 8 ................. at South Florida ...............................W, 2-1 (8 inn.) 9 ................. vs. Fresno State ................................W, 1-0 (9 inn.) ACC BIG TEN CHALLENGE 14 ............... vs. Louisville .....................................................W, 6-2 GAMECOCK INVITATIONAL OPPOSITION (FEB. 21-23) 14 ............... at (25) North Carolina...................................W, 4-3 15 ............... at (25) North Carolina...................................W, 4-0 16 ............... vs. Louisville .....................................................W, 8-4 GAMECOCK INVITATIONAL 21 ............... vs. Liberty .................................................10:00 a.m. 22 ............... vs. Iowa State...........................................12:30 p.m. 22 ............... at (22) South Carolina ............................3:00 p.m. 23 ............... vs. Liberty .................................................10:00 a.m. JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC 28 ............... vs. Loyola Marymount ...........................1:30 p.m. 29 ............... vs. Texas .......................................................2:30 p.m. Liberty Iowa State #22 South Carolina 29 ............... vs. Texas Tech ...................................................5 p.m. (1-9) (5-5) (5-3) MARCH JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (CONT.) TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK SERIES INFORMATION 1 ................. vs. Washington ............................................... 9 a.m. 1 ................. vs. Colorado State ..................................11:15 a.m. • The Wolverines’ 9-0 start is the program’s best since winning vs. Liberty 3 ................. vs. St. John’s ...............................................4:30 p.m. each of its first 24 games during the 2011 season. Michigan U-M trails, 1-0 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER TOURNAMENT Streak: LU has won one surged in the national rankings -- to No. 8 in the NFCA poll and 5 ................. vs. CSU Fullerton ......................................4:30 p.m. Last meeting: 5 ................. at UCLA ........................................................7:00 p.m. No. 6 in the USA Softball poll. L, 2-0 (3/24/07 in Louisville, Ky.) 6 ................. vs. Boston University ............................12:30 p.m. 6 ................. vs. Central Florida ....................................3:00 p.m. • Michigan is one of just five programs still undefeated on the vs. Iowa State 14 ...........BALL STATE ..........................................2 P.M. season, joining defending NCAA champion UCLA (11-0), Texas U-M leads, 10-1 14 ...........BALL STATE......................................... 2 P.M. (10-0), Oregon (9-0) and SIUE (4-0). Streak: U-M has won five 15 ...........BALL STATE......................................... 4 P.M. Last four meetings: 17 ...........WESTERN MICHIGAN ........................ 4 P.M. W, 6-4 (3/16/14 in Louisville, Ky.) 20 ...........PURDUE* ............................................ 4 P.M. • Junior LHP Meghan Beaubien and sophomore RHP Alex W, 2-0 (3/17/01 in Tallahassee, Fla.) 21 ...........PURDUE* ............................................ 2 P.M. Storako posted two wins apiece at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge W, 3-1 (3/17/00 in Tallahassee, Fla.) 22 ...........PURDUE* ............................................ 1 P.M. last weekend, combining for a 2.25 ERA, 42 strikeouts and a .196 W, 9-4 (3/5/98 in Tampa, Fla.) 24 ...........TOLEDO .............................................. 4 P.M. opposing average. 27 ............... at Wisconsin* ...................................................4 p.m. vs. South Carolina 28 ............... at Wisconsin* .................................................11 a.m. • Storako ranks fourth nationally 62 strikeouts on the season U-M leads, 9-7 29 ............... at Wisconsin* .................................................... Noon Streak: U-M has won five and third with a 13.2 strikeouts-per-game average. Last four meetings: APRIL w, 15-3 (5) (2/12/16 in Tampa, Fla.) 3 .............MINNESOTA* ...................................... 4 P.M. • Senior centerfielder Haley Hoogenraad leads the Wolverines W, 8-0 (5) (3/7/10 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 4 .............MINNESOTA* ................................ 3:30 P.M. with a .458 batting average, five doubles and a .581 on-base W, 1-0 (3/6/10 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 5 .............MINNESOTA* ...................................... 2 P.M. percentage. She batted .500 at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with W, 3-2 (2/9/08 in Boca Raton, Fla.) 7 .............BOWLING GREEN .................................4 P.M. two multi-hit games, three runs scored and an RBI in the opener 10 ............... at Northwestern* ...........................................4 p.m. 11 ............... at Northwestern* ...........................................1 p.m. against Louisville. 12 ............... at Northwestern* ............................................ Noon 14 ...........CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...........................4 P.M. • Michigan is 4-0 in one-run games this season and rallied from 15 ...........MICHIGAN STATE* ...............................6 P.M. a deficit for the first time this season in its most recent game, 17 ...........OHIO STATE* ...................................... 6 P.M. 18 ...........OHIO STATE* ...................................... 2 P.M. overcoming a 3-1 hole in the third to earn an 8-4 decision 19 ...........OHIO STATE* ...................................... 1 P.M. against Louisville. 21 ............... at Michigan State* .........................................6 p.m. 24 ...........MARYLAND* ....................................... 6 P.M. 25 ...........MARYLAND* ....................................... 2 P.M. 26 ...........MARYLAND* ...................................... NOON PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS Hoogenraad MAY Pos. No. Player 1B #14 Lou Allan (R/R, 5-5, Jr.) 1 ................. at Penn State* .................................................6 p.m. Blair Gonzalez 2 ................. at Penn State* .................................................3 p.m. 2B #17 Julia Jimenez (R/R, 5-3, Fr.) 3 ................. at Penn State* .................................................1 p.m. SS #21 Natalia Rodriguez (B/R, 5-4, Jr.) 7-9 ............. at Big Ten Tournament 3B #7 Madison Uden (L/R, 5-6, Sr.) 15-17 ........ NCAA Regional 3B #13 Taylor Bump (R/R, 5-10, Jr.) Rodriguez Jimenez/ 20-24 ........ NCAA Super Regional LF #3 Lexie Blair (L/L, 5-4, So.) Overaitis 28-June 3 NCAA Women’s College World Series CF #32 Haley Hogenraad (R/R, 5-9, Sr.) Allan RF #22 Thais Gonzalez (L/R, 5-4, Sr.) Bump/ C #20 Hannah Carson (L/R, 5-6, So.) Uden DP #24 Morgan Overaitis (L/R, 5-4, So.) * denotes Big Ten Conference game Time local to host site. Subject to change LHP #10 Meghan Beaubien (L/L, 5-8, Jr.) RHP #8 Alex Storako (L/R, 5-11, So.) Carson RHP #18 Sarah Schaefer (R/R, 5-9, Jr.) Facebook.com/MichiganSoftball @umichsoftball MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 1 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 21 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 42 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2020 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES LEXIE BLAIR CHANDLER DENNIS ABBY SKVARCE MADISON UDEN ALEX STORAKO MEGHAN BEAUBIEN # FRESHMAN # FRESHMAN # SENIOR # SENIOR # SOPHOMORE # JUNIOR 3 OF 4 RHP 5 C 7 IF 8 RHP 10 LHP LEXI VOSS LAUREN ESMAN TAYLOR BUMP LOU ALLAN JESSICA GARMEN JULIA JIMENEZ # FRESHMAN # FRESHMAN # JUNIOR # JUNIOR # FRESHMAN # FRESHMAN 11 OF 12 LHP/UT 13 1B/3B 14 1B 16 C 17 IF SARAH SCHAEFER HANNAH CARSON NATALIA RODRIGUEZ THAIS GONZALEZ GIANNA CAROSONE MORGAN OVERAITIS # SOPHOMORE # SOPHOMORE # JUNIOR # SENIIOR # SOPHOMORE # FRESHMAN 18 RHP 20 C/IF 21 2B/SS 22 OF 23 IF 24 IF AUDREY LECLAIR HALEY HOOGENRAAD # FRESHMAN # SENIOR 25 UT 32 OF CAROL HUTCHINS BONNIE THOLL JENNIFER BRUNDAGE MARY BETH DENNISON 35TH 26TH 21ST 1ST HC SEASON AC SEASON AC SEASON VC SEASON MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 2 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 21 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 42 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2020 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL 2020 University of Michigan Softball Roster No. Wolverine Class Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 3 Lexie Blair So. OF L/L 5-4 Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange) 4 Chandler Dennis Fr. RHP R/R 5-9 Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett) 5 Abby Skvarce Sr. C L/R 5-8 Clarkston, Mich. (Clarkston) “ska-VARCE” 7 Madison Uden Sr. IF L/R 5-6 Glendale, Ariz. (Raymond S. Kellis) “YOU-den” 8 Alex Storako So. RHP L/R 5-11 Frankfort, Ill. (Lincolm Way East) “store-AH-ko” 10 Meghan Beaubien Jr. LHP L/L 5-8 Newport, Mich/ (Saint Mary Catholic Central) “BO-bee-en” 11 Lexi Voss Fr. OF R/R 5-8 Palos Park, Ill. (Marist) 12 Lauren Esman Fr. LHP/UT L/L 5-10 Kalamazoo, Mich. (Gull Lake) 13 Taylor Bump Jr. SS/3B R/R 5-10 St. Petersburg, Fla. (Canterbury School of Florida)